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The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is seeking public comments “on the ethical issues raised by the ready availability of large-scale human genome sequence data, with regard to privacy and data access and the balancing of individual and societal interests.”

Cincinnati-based CincyTech, a venture development company that invests in startup biotech, information technology and advanced manufacturing businesses, has announced the closing of a $4.4 million Fund II targeted for 10 to 12 new startups in southwest Ohio

A divided Federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel, relying on recent precedent, has confirmed that "where the actions of multiple parties combine to perform every step of a claimed method, the claim is directly infringed only if one party exercises 'control or direction' over the entire process such that every step is attributable to the controlling party."

The Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution issues a report titled "Enabling Personalized Medicine through Health Information Technology," that makes recommendations for making the United States a health care leader among those nations "moving forward with personalized medicine and health information technology